Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 624
The people who were attracted gave another burst of comfort, and then everyone went back, and Chen Nian took his mother to the restaurant above to have a look.

"Okay, okay, you have to take good care of yourself over there. My son is promising and can film TV with so many celebrities, so I won't bother you for now. I'll call mom later when I'm free."

"No problem, then I'll go back first, and I'll call you when I'm not busy at night."

"Okay, okay, goodbye."

Afterwards, Chen Nian hung up the phone, but after he returned to the corridor below, the director's assistant came over and told Chen Nian to keep confidential, even if he was calling with his family, he must be good to his family , don't divulge too much stuff out.

And Chen Nian said that there is no problem.

He knew that his mother would definitely not spread the word to the outside world. Although the son is promising, the parents want more people to know about it, but this is related to the work of the son.

After that, Chen Nian rested for a while, and then heard Huang Daan's voice from outside.

"Come on, we're ready to go."

After Chen Nian heard the voice, he turned over and looked in the mirror, and came to the corridor after there was no problem.

"We're going out to change things now. We agreed to exchange some of the souvenirs we brought into ingredients. Master Huo and Master Chen, you can also think about what you need first."

Huo Fuyun thought for a while: "First of all, there is no onion, ginger and garlic in the kitchen. We need to exchange some onion, ginger and garlic. Secondly, it is best to exchange some fish. I don't know what we can get in exchange. It would be great to switch to some chicken, beef or other seafood.

We can also help them work in exchange, but we have two chefs here, and we can help them fry a few dishes. "

"We can also help them wash the dishes. The labor costs in foreign countries seem to be more expensive. If you rely on labor, you can exchange things." Wang Shuaikai said.

"Okay, okay, let's make a decision first, and then we can look at what we can change?" Huang Daan finally came out to make a final decision.

Everyone naturally said that there is no problem.

After speaking, they set off with big bags and small bags.

Chen Nian felt quite interesting during the whole process. As the strength of the whole team, Chen Nian mentioned a lot of things.

When I came outside, it was afternoon, and the weather was extremely hot. Those celebrities didn't put on airs and said they needed to open umbrellas, and they seemed to be quite dedicated to their work.

Just like that while walking and chatting, they came to a square.

As a result, everyone walked and saw a small kiosk selling drinks, and they were a little bit at a loss.

"I kind of want to eat ice cream..." Qin Xiaoqing took the initiative to say.

Then everyone turned their attention to Huang Dayan, Huang Dayan thought for a second, "Wow, although we don't have any money, we can exchange things with him."

Then everyone took the initiative to come to the front.

When he started to communicate in English, Chen Nian found that everyone seemed to be very good at English.

And spoken English is also very good.

While gesticulating and talking for a long time, I saw that the boss looked confused.

"What are you talking about?"

As he spoke, he waved his hand, indicating that he didn't understand.

"He doesn't understand English." Huang Dayan finally discovered this at this time.

"It's over, I can't communicate now, can I change it?" Yang Xue complained from the side.

And Wang Shuaikai couldn't help laughing beside him: "We didn't start well." "

But Huang Dayan quickly suggested again: "Words can't communicate, we can use gestures."

As he spoke, he planned to go forward and exchange gestures with the other party.

Chen Nian's head was getting bigger after some communication among the people. The boss always thought they wanted to buy something, so he kept asking. Although he saw several cameras shooting, he didn't know what it was. What do you mean, and these people seem to have oriental faces.

In the end, Chen Nian really couldn't stand it anymore: "Why don't you let me try it."

At this time, Huang Dayan glanced at Chen Nian curiously, thinking that Chen Nian wanted to communicate with the other party by making gestures.

After all, he is a young man, so maybe he wants to show his face more in this respect, but this is nothing to him, anyway, it is enough to have the effect of the show, even if it is old, if the gestures are not clear, they You can also continue to say that in such a program group, as long as you wait for someone to speak, the camera will definitely turn around.

So nodded.

At this time, Chen Nian went straight up and began to communicate with the other party in Italian: "Brother, the weather is too hot today, we want to buy some drinks and ice cream from you, but we don't have money, we can use some from Do you exchange gifts from China?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was stunned. If Chen Nian used English, they could understand it completely, but now Chen Nian spoke a language that they couldn't understand at all, and it was similar to what the boss said just now. Kind of like that.

And looking at the boss's expression, it seems that he really understands.

"What gifts do you have?" the boss asked.

"Really!" Huang Da'an was extremely surprised.

"Do you know Italian?" Qin Xiaoqing seemed to have discovered some new continent!
"What did he just say?" Wang Shuaikai and Yang Xue also asked curiously.

Facing everyone's questions, Chen Nian smiled: "I can speak a little Italian. Didn't I say that I was going to participate in the show before, so I learned some on purpose. Just now he asked us what gifts we have."

It was discovered that Chen Nian can really communicate with people in Italian, and everyone immediately became interested.

Originally, I only thought that Chen Nian might be a young chef who is more famous on the Internet, plus he is handsome and his girlfriend seems to be in half the circle, so he was able to replace another person into the program group.

But I didn't expect Chen Nian to be young, in addition to his cooking skills are quite good, he can also speak Italian!
This added another layer to his perception of old age.

It seems that we have to adjust our attitude towards aging in the future.

Everyone chatted in a hurry while taking out refrigerator magnet keychains and the like from their bags.

"Then you tell him, we can exchange these."

Chen Nian nodded, and then began to chat with the other party.

"Hey bro, we can exchange these small gifts, there are magnets and keychains, but they are very unique souvenirs of our country."

The boss thought for a while after hearing this and finally nodded: "Yes, what do you want?"

After Chen Nian relayed these words, everyone cheered and began to place orders.

Originally, they just wanted ice cream or water, but now with the translation of Chen Nian, they can also order food on the menu.

Chen Nian roughly translated the menu for them to let them know what they might have, and then Qin Xiaoqing ordered an ice cream.

The boss made it quickly after hearing it, and it turned out to be a very small portion. Everyone was stunned when they saw it. Seeing this, Wang Shuaikai directly canceled his previous order, and went to the freezer beside him Take out a bottle of water.

"Mr. Huo, what do you want?" In the end, only Mr. Huo didn't order, Chen Nian asked.

"I'll have a bottle of water, too."

At the end of the year, let the boss calculate how much these things cost.

As a result, Huang Dayan looked at the gesture made by the boss and thought for a while: "Then let's give him four pendants and a refrigerator sticker. After all, we plan to sell these for ten euros."

As he spoke, he tried to communicate with the other party again in English.

But when Chen Nian saw it, how could this work? If these small gifts were calculated at ten euros each, how could they spend fifty euros for what they ordered?

He quickly took it over, glanced at the price on the menu, and then handed the other party a red panda fridge magnet and two pendants.

"These items are limited-edition souvenirs in our country, and they are of high value. We filmed the program as a cultural exchange, so we exchanged these items as gifts. You see, I will exchange these three items for you earlier. How about those drinks?"

"OK!"

Seeing this, the boss readily agreed.

In the end, Chen Nian gave the things to the other party and expressed his gratitude: "After our program is broadcast, your business here will definitely become particularly good. If you exchange with us, you will definitely not lose money!"

"OK, OK!" The boss kept saying OK, probably because he knew that other than the handsome guy in front of him, no one else could understand what he said, so he deliberately used the few words he knew. expressing.

"Okay, Manager Huang, in exchange, we don't need to take out so much. All the things we bought add up to less than [-] Euros. Give him three parts that are already surplus."

Huang Daan's face immediately showed joy when he heard that: "That's great. At first, I was worried that we would not understand the language when we came out, and it would be inconvenient to communicate with people and be tricked. Now that you can communicate with them in Italian, we can completely communicate with them. No worries about it anymore.”

And everyone also expressed their admiration.

For a while, Chen Nian's sense of presence in this group has increased.

Then they continued to go out, making exchanges as they turned.

But apart from the water this time, they actually bought a lot of things.

Eating and drinking are not too idle.

"It's okay, it's good to cut these clips at the end, otherwise, wouldn't we really want to exchange things here? Don't worry, the program team is not so strict."

At this moment, Chen Nian felt as if he knew something inside.

After eating and drinking, they started to continue filming.

Soon they found another restaurant.

"Let's go over here and have a look."

Then they came to the door and looked inside: "This shop seems to be selling coffee, not cooking..."

"Forget it, let's change to another one, we need some ingredients for cooking now."

But at this moment, Huo Fuyun suddenly thought: "If it's a coffee shop, maybe we can go in and change some milk or custard, maybe we can also change some eggs, and these can be used when cooking."

As soon as Huo Fuyun's words came out, everyone nodded. After all, they still had to listen to Huo Fuyun when it came to what ingredients they needed.

"Go, Master Chen!"

Huo Fuyun looked at Chen Nian with hope.

Chen Nian also took a look inside, and soon had an idea in his mind: "It's best for us to go in together, let the cameraman follow, and then I will play."

"Okay, keep up, let's go in and cheer for you!" Everyone is in high spirits now.

After they entered the store, the clerk couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he saw the battle, but soon he looked at the crowd professionally and asked what he wanted.

"We are filming a very meaningful program. We are invited by your mayor from China to open a Chinese restaurant here, but we have to exchange items with items, so I want to use some of our country's Souvenirs to exchange some ingredients with you, such as coffee beans, milk, eggs and so on."

"Exchange something..." After hearing this, the shop assistant didn't react for a while.

At this time, Chen Nian continued: "But are all you Italian girls so beautiful? It's so hot outside, but your skin is still so white."

The other party blushed a little when he said a word of old age.

Although Chen Nian is from the East, he is also tall and handsome. After hearing this, the clerk smiled shyly: "I'll ask our boss for you."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

"It's okay." The clerk said and walked to the back.

Not long after, a lady who looked about 40 years old, but looked well-maintained in a foreign dress came out of it: "Hello."

Chen Nian glanced at Huang Daan, and Huang Daan hurried forward to shake hands with him.

Just now when the clerk entered, Chen Nian said what he just said.

It is true that they were invited by the mayor. After all, they had met the mayor of Taormina, Sicily before.

The purpose of Chen Nian's doing this is also to prevent himself from getting too much limelight. Being able to speak Italian is enough to actively communicate. You can't take all the shots by yourself, and you have to give them more opportunities to appear on the scene.

Afterwards, Huang Daan went forward to communicate with the other party in English. It was obvious that the proprietress of the coffee shop could also speak English, so they chatted for a while.

And Chen Nian took advantage of this time to look left and right in the store.

From time to time say:

"It's so beautiful!"

"Boss, do you also like this musician's work?"

“The decoration taste of this coffee shop is really good!”

Waiting for words of admiration.

Under Huang Daan's communication and Chen Nian's constant attack of sugar-coated shells.

In the end, they exchanged some refrigerator magnets and trinkets with each other for a box of whipped cream, ten eggs, a small box of coffee beans, and a large bucket of milk.

In the end they even took a photo with the proprietress here.

As a result, after the photo was taken, the proprietress specifically asked Huang Dayan if it was possible for Chen Nian to take a photo with her alone.

Faced with such a request from the proprietress, Huang Dayan sold Chen Nian without hesitation: "Of course."

There was no way, Chen Nian was pulled over to take a photo with the proprietress again.

In the subsequent exchange process, there were old wines, and what they exchanged was called a smooth sailing.

But most of them are still in individual retail supermarkets, where there are some vegetables, fruits, and some sugar.

"Master Chen, is it the same when you buy vegetables for the restaurant at home?"

Qin Xiaoqing asked curiously.

Chen Nian shook his head: "Of course not."

Everyone laughed, and Wang Shuaikai said: "Then it's all for the effect of the show? It seems that for the sake of the show, Master Chen is going all out. Not only does he have to bargain, but sometimes he also sells his beauty."

"I don't care about beauty. When I went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables every morning, the bargaining was much more intense than this. Now I go to the vegetable market and everyone knows me, especially those uncles who sell vegetables. Aunts, they are giving me the lowest price now."

"Sure enough, she's a courtesan!" Yang Xue teased.

In this way, they walked around and replaced most of the vegetables they needed.

Now there is only some meat left.

"Next, shall we go to the vegetable market or find some big restaurants?"

"The price in the restaurant may be more expensive..."

"But if we go to the vegetable market, the other party may not necessarily exchange things with us. After all, vegetables are easy to talk about, and the price of chicken, fish, etc. will definitely be more expensive."

"Okay, then let's go to some big restaurants or hotels and ask."

Just like that, they walked and suddenly saw a restaurant.

From the outside, the various facilities inside the restaurant are very elegant.

And they even saw the Michelin [-] star sign outside.

"This restaurant seems to have three Michelin stars... We won't be kicked out when we go in, right?"

After hearing the Michelin three stars, everyone couldn't help but feel withdrawn.

"Why don't we change one?"

"It's okay, let's go in and have a look, what if they are willing to exchange with us?"

In the end, it was Huo Fuyun who saw everyone murmuring, pushed the door open and walked in.

After entering, everyone was still communicating in English. After all, it is a restaurant with three Michelin stars, so it is natural to communicate with each other in English without any hindrance.

As a result, everyone was talking in a hurry, Chen Nian didn't know what they were doing, he just said that it would be good to exchange things for things, how can it be so difficult to say something?

With such a show effect, won't the audience have to scold it when it is broadcast?
But then I thought about it again, if there is no controversy about a program, how can it get out of the circle?
After talking like this for a while, they finally made it clear.

The manager here also said that there is no problem, and they can exchange them with zongzi packed in gift boxes, and finally asked them what they wanted to exchange.

At this time, Huang Dayan stated his purpose, chicken, fish, beef or money.

"Do you want to exchange money?"

"Yes, if I may..."

"Then how much do you want to change?"

"We have ten..." Huang Daan said and looked at the others: "How much should we exchange?"

Some people said three hundred, some said one hundred and eighty, and finally they decided to exchange ten gift boxes for two hundred euros.

The manager nodded and said no problem.

Afterwards, Huang Dayan and Wang Shuaikai went back to get things. Originally, Chen Nian planned to go back with them, but Huang Dayan said that Chen Nian could stay, and it would be convenient to communicate with them.

As a result, after they stayed, the manager kept looking at Qin Xiaoqing from the corner of his eye, and even invited them to the drink area beside him for a drink.

Huo Fuyun's attention was all on those drinks. As a chef, although he came out this time to participate in a variety show, it was necessary to learn from seeing some of the dishes in Michelin three-star restaurants.

So I chatted with the master who made the drink and took a photo from time to time.

After looking here for a while, Chen Nian also looked around.

Suddenly he saw a young chef cooking in the bright kitchen here.

Chen Nian leaned over curiously to have a look.

Then Chen Nian was surprised to find that he seemed to have seen the dish made by the other party before.

When he was on the Platinum Star, Chen Nian often discussed cooking with Tonio in the last year.

Often, Tonio would teach Chen Nian a Western dish, and Chen Nian would teach Tonio a Chinese dish.

As for the dish in front of him, Tonio also taught it back then, and he also said that it was one of their family's signature dishes. Although the recipe was not too difficult, he still couldn't make it feel like his father.

So I taught this dish to Chen Nian, and after Chen Nian tried it a few times, Tonio felt astonished when he ate it again!
But at this time, Chen Nian was watching the young chef making this dish in the restaurant, why did he put orange juice in it?
Chen Nian frowned.

Then the waiter brought out the dish and put it on the guest's table. Chen Nian heard the waiter's introduction that this dish was sea bass fillet with morel mushrooms and orange juice.

How can this dish do that?
Because Chen Nian also tried this method when he was on the boat. After all, Chen Nian didn’t know much about Western food, so after learning a Western food, he would try to make it with other materials to see if it would improve the taste and appearance. There are better developments.

Orange is an ingredient often used in Western food, because the sweet and sour taste of orange can be used to enhance the flavor of the dish itself.

But with orange juice dripping on top of this dish, overall it is a bit inferior to the authentic method taught by Tonio.

"Sorry to excuse me, but I think it would be better if the orange juice was removed from this dish and replaced with yellow peaches."

In the end, Chen Nian still couldn't help talking to the other party.

Soon the chef looked up at Chen Nian: "Sorry, sir, what did you say?"

"I said that for your dish, if you want to increase the fruity taste, it would be better to replace the step of dripping orange juice with yellow peaches."

After hearing this, the chef looked Chen Nian up and down: "Who are you?"

"I'm just an ordinary cook."

"Are you a cook? A Chinese cook?"

"Correct."

"Since you are also a chef, why do you tell another chef? But since you have said this, I would like to ask you to stay here, and I will do it in the way you said. If it is done The taste is not as good as orange juice, so I hope you can apologize to me!"

(End of this chapter)